Albert Ehrenstein: Rezension zu Paul Mayers Exil und zu Ludwig Renns Adel im Untergang (1945)
One of the few occupational opportunities open for Albert Ehrenstein in his American exile was reviewing books for German language newspapers and journals. One of his reviews examined two books, which were written in exile in Mexico: Paul Mayer’s poetry collection Exil and Ludwig Renn’s autobiographical-driven novel Adel im Untergang.
Albert Ehrenstein’s Czechoslovakian passport (May 17, 1938)
With the exception of a few travels within Europe, Albert Ehrenstein lived primarily in Switzerland from 1933. During that time, he developed a knack for undercutting as much as possible the strict regulations of the Swiss border police.
Alexander Granach in the role of the Russian commissioner
in the film Ninotchka, photograph (1939)Just a few months after arriving in the USA, the actor Alexander Granach was already offered a big role by his friend from his Berlin days, Ernst Lubitsch. He was to play a Russian commissioner alongside Greta Garbo.
Alexander Granach: Da geht ein Mensch, typescript (1942-1945)
The autobiography of actor Alexander Granach Da geht ein Mensch was released in 1945. However, he did not live to see its publication.
Alexander Granach: Letter to Lotte Lieven, presumably from Hollywood (7 September 1941)
The actor Alexander Granach wrote more than 300 letters from exile to his great love, the actress Lotte Lieven. When they first met in 1920 and fell in love, she was training to be an actress in Munich, while Granach was the main character actor at the theatre Schauspielhaus München.
Alexander Moritz Frey to Florianna Storrer-Madelung, Salzburg, 30 March 1936
“The dreary road to the land of starvation”This letter by Alexander Moritz Freys vividly documents the financial straits of a writer forced into exile, particularly his disheartening attempts to have his works printed by publishers and in the features section of newspapers. Frey’s “misery letter”, as he called it, was written from exile in Salzburg to Florianna Storrer-Madelung, who from 1930 was the assistant editor of the features section of the National-Zeitung newspaper in Basel.
Alexander Moritz Frey, letter to Ossip Kalenter, 1945
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Alexander Moritz Frey’s notebooks
Hell and heaven in exileThe Swiss Literary Archives (SLA) hold a fragmentary estate of Munich-born author Alexander Moritz Frey who fled to Austria in 1933 then moved on to Switzerland following the annexation of Austria in 1938. It consists solely of two boxes of notebooks and notebook transcripts prepared by a third person, all of which await further research.
Alfred Kerr: Page from the Melodien volume of poetry (1938)
In the poem Die illegalen Kämpfer in Deutschland, Alfred Kerr, who continued his flight in 1936 to Britain, struck an elegiac tone in honour of the resistance movement in Germany. He selected this page from his volume of poetry Melodien for an exhibition of the Freier Deutscher Kulturbund aimed at informing British citizens about the resistance in Germany.
Alfred Neumann's house in Nice, photograph (1938/39)
"Our Apt. Prom d. Angl. 62 "On 17 September 1938 the writer René Schickele wrote to Alfred Neumann: "My Dear Friend, Young Wolff has hopefully written to let you know that an apartment is about to become available in number 63 Promenade des Anglais which is just what you are looking for [..
